Hello!Our latest update to the Creator Economy Database comes with a major overhaul of the data we report for startups based outside the U.S. For the first time, we’ve included detailed information about the funding rounds and lead investors for private creator companies headquartered outside of the U.S. Here’s what we found:• Singapore-based BandLab, a service for artists to record and mix music on their phones, raised the largest international... Read more ›
25
Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, a pair of founders turned startup investors, set the venture capital world abuzz last week by announcing a novel tactic to win over founders: offering them access to a huge number of free servers equipped with the most advanced chips for training machine-learning models. It turns out the duo also quietly raised an investment fund with more than $1 billion in assets to invest in... Read more ›
78
It’s still incredibly hard to raise venture capital as the founder of a creator economy startup—unless you’re offering services for independent musicians. Creator economy startups in the U.S. raised $151.5 million in venture funding in the second quarter of this year so far, down 82% year over year, according to an update from The Information’s Creator Economy Database. Still, funding rose 17% from the first quarter, representing the first quarter-over-quarter... Read more ›
0
OpenAI—an early mover in releasing chatbots powered by large-language models—is contemplating another initiative to extend its influence in the world of artificial intelligence. The company is considering launching a marketplace in which customers could sell AI models they customize for their own needs to other businesses, according to two people with knowledge of discussions at the company. Read more ›
17
I’m at the bustling Cannes Lions advertising festival in the south of France, where the sun is strong and the rosé is flowing. The mood feels buoyant, even as the advertising world has pulled back on spending and tech companies reel from bruising mass layoffs. Some attendees are sharing Airbnbs with colleagues or staying far from the venue to cut down on costs. But tech companies still have a big... Read more ›
6
Hi, welcome to your Weekend.On Wednesday night, while editing Annie’s thoroughly delightful cover story on new Twitch CEO Dan Clancy, I hopped over to Clancy’s Twitch page, just to see if he was livestreaming. To my surprise and delight, he was.Almost two hours into a four-and-a-half hour jam session and open-mic night, the CEO sat facing the camera, playing the keyboard and howling the lyrics to John Prine’s “Angel from... Read more ›
0
Road trip season is upon us, and with electric vehicle sales up almost 50% so far in 2023, there’s a good chance that wherever you’re going, you won’t need gasoline. But you will need to recharge, and that’s where things can get complicated. I have been testing EVs for well over a decade and have driven thousands of miles in dozens of countries. I’ve definitely learned to love the calm,... Read more ›
2
Tiger Global Management, a New York-based investment firm that became a symbol of the recent startup funding boom and bust, has raised $2.7 billion, according to a pair of securities filings it filed on Friday. Taken together, the capital is 55% less than the $6 billion goal it set for the new fund as of last fall and is 79% less than the prior investment fund it raised early last... Read more ›
12
It was in spring 2017 that Jennifer Pahlka, then a member of the Pentagon’s new Defense Innovation Board, found herself in a darkened U.S. military base watching a young analyst study aerial footage of a suspicious car. Well, the analyst was trying to parse the images: The Pentagon was relying on clunky, outdated software to highlight the vehicle’s path with a bounding red box that never seemed to keep up... Read more ›
20
I will start with John Denver,” said Dan Clancy. “There’s one note that’s kind of high, so I mangle it a little. But that’s OK. Part of doing this is being comfortable mangling a note or two.” Clancy, CEO of the $45 billion livestreaming platform Twitch, then launched into an emphatic keyboard rendition of Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads.” When Clancy, 59, livestreams on Twitch under the username DJClancy,... Read more ›
4
Welcome back!Thursday, we published results from our monthly reader survey. Readers of The Information remain split on their outlook for Silicon Valley, with roughly equal numbers of respondents saying conditions will improve, worsen or stay the same.Respondents last month were more optimistic about most of the 14 companies our survey asks about, but their attitudes toward some companies this month seemed to shift with the news. Here’s what to know: Read more ›
0
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuits against both Coinbase and Binance have sparked an intense debate about its effort to regulate the crypto markets. But another aspect of the SEC’s crackdown has drawn less attention—proposed rules that could make it nearly impossible for some crypto-focused venture capitalists to make fresh crypto investments and could force them to dump some of their existing holdings. Venture capital firms including Andresssen Horowitz and... Read more ›
0
Fast-casual Mediterranean chain Cava, celebrating its public debut, handed out spicy falafel outside the New York Stock Exchange earlier today. Investors must like feta. The company’s stock finished the day up 99% from its initial public offering selling price. That’s a positive sign for the dormant IPO market, no doubt. But those venture capital investors seeking to sell their shares in hot startups might still have to wait, possibly until... Read more ›
0
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his deputies want other companies to freely use and profit from new artificial intelligence software Meta is developing, a decision that could have big implications for other AI developers and businesses that are increasingly adopting it. Meta is working on ways to make the next version of its open-source large-language model—technology that can power chatbots like ChatGPT—available for commercial use, said a person with... Read more ›
27
This weekend, I’m heading to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the glitzy and celebrity-studded advertiser conference in the south of France where creators have become a growing presence. Major platforms favored by creators will be at the conference, including Meta Platforms, TikTok, YouTube, Snap and Spotify. Many of them are bringing along creators to attend their events and speak on panels. Spotify, for example, will host discussions with... Read more ›
0
CareRev, a healthcare startup that raised around $100 million from investors during the pandemic, is in the process of laying off nearly 100 employees—or about a third of its corporate workforce—according to one person with direct knowledge of the plans and another who was briefed on them. The cuts follow the departure of CareRev co-founder Will Patterson, who resigned as CEO earlier this month after The Information made inquiries about... Read more ›
0
Megafunds may be a relic of another era in venture capital. That’s not a bad thing. Insight Partners has reduced the target of its next fund 25% to $15 billion, the Financial Times first reported this week. Other firms, like Tiger Global Management and TCV, aren’t on track to meet their initial ambitious targets either.There aren’t enough opportunities to justify more pandemic-era monster funds anyway, and many limited partners have... Read more ›
4
Megafunds may be a relic of another era in venture capital. That’s not a bad thing. Insight Partners has reduced the target of its next fund 25% to $15 billion, the Financial Times first reported this week. Other firms, like Tiger Global Management and TCV, aren’t on track to meet their initial ambitious targets either.There aren’t enough opportunities to justify more pandemic-era monster funds anyway, and many limited partners have... Read more ›
0
While the approval of the AI Act in the European Parliament on Wednesday will no doubt go down in history as a day of reckoning for generative artificial intelligence, it was not the first. That honor belongs to March 31, when, citing a lack of compliance with various European data protection provisions, Italy’s data protection authority banned OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Products like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard are members of the generative... Read more ›
8
Even as big companies tighten their belts and startup funding remains at a trickle, readers of The Information report more flexible and employee-friendly workplace policies. Nearly half of respondents to The Information’s survey this month said their equity started vesting within six months. In 2021, when The Information conducted a similar survey about compensation, about a quarter of respondents said their equity started vesting in less than a year. Read more ›
0
Most popular sources
Eurogamer.net
|
0% |
VentureBeat
|
0% |
Ubergizmo
|
0% |
The Information
|
0% |
ScienceDaily
|
0% |
| View sources » | |
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
05.04.2026 10:08
Last update: 10:00 EDT.
News rating updated: 17:02.
What is Times42?
Times42 brings you the most popular news from tech news portals in real-time chart.
Read about us in FAQ section.